From being pencilled into the top-six to sitting in the press box, it hasn’t been the first half of the season anyone envisioned Jeff Skinner having. After

Evan Bouchard scored with 6:55 left and the surging Edmonton Oilers overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Thursday night.

The Edmonton Oilers are finding themselves in a bind with forward Jeff Skinner, taking up $3M of cap space yet not being used in the lineup at all. The last three games in a row, the Oilers have scratched the 32 year old veteran of over 1000 games.

The Edmonton Oilers' Jeff Skinner is once again a healthy scratch. Adam Proteau thinks four other NHL teams could give Skinner a bigger role than what he's getting currently.

Dallas needs Klingberg more than the Oilers. Their other three right-shot D — Matt Dumba, Ilya Lyubushkin and Nils Lundkvist — haven’t scored a goal all season long. He wants to play on a Cup contender and wherever he signs, he’s in audition mode for next season.

Jeff Skinner & Troy Stecher will come back in while Stuart Skinner will get the start on Thursday for Edmonton's second half of back-to-back games at Ball Arena against Colorado

It has become uncomfortable, this whole Jeff Skinner thing here in Edmonton. He’s being asked to make a mid-season adjustment to a role that, frankly, he may not be equipped to execute.

The Oilers signed Jeff Skinner in NHL Free Agency to bolster their offense, but they should trade him at the deadline.

Oilers forward Jeff Skinner appears headed to be made a healthy scratch for a third straight game on Wednesday when Edmonton pays a visit to the Minnesota Wild, Sportsnet’s Mark Spector reported.

Skinner has never played a post-season game in his 1,044-game NHL career, so making a go of it in Edmonton, a team with a legitimate shot at a Stanley Cup, is the obvious play. If he can make this work, the payoff could be amazing.

Emma Lingan and Michael Augello discuss trade talk about Taylor Hall and Jeff Skinner, Tristan Jarry's Penguins future, Zach Hyman's new team and much more.

The Edmonton Oilers' Jeff Skinner is once again a healthy scratch. Adam Proteau thinks four other NHL teams could give Skinner a bigger role than what he's getting currently. The Edmonton Oilers ...